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I Love my Hack to Stop Reclining Plane Seats — But Is it Unethical?
New York Post ^

Posted on 05/04/2023 2:20:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A TikToker user is sparking debate after they posted an “unethical life hack” about what to do when someone is reclining their seat in front of you on a plane.

SNIP

“When you are on a flight and the person in front of you reclines their seat all the way and leaves you no room,” they advised.

“Turn on the air-con above you on full blast and point it at the top of their head.”

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1 posted on 05/04/2023 2:20:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I have a “hack” for someone that does that. It’s called “alerting the flight attendant”.


2 posted on 05/04/2023 2:28:14 PM PDT by Boogieman
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No, sorry. Every passenger has a right to use that reclining option.

my little rule is this: I never recline my seat, until the person in front of me reclines his.

3 posted on 05/04/2023 2:29:07 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ( Biden-Fetterman in ‘24: It's a no brainer)
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To: Michael.SF.

All is fair in love and knee room.


4 posted on 05/04/2023 2:30:28 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Michael.SF.

“No, sorry. Every passenger has a right to use that reclining option.”

Your rights end where my rights begin.


5 posted on 05/04/2023 2:31:00 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: nickcarraway

I forget, do those things turn 360? turn yours on and point it back at them...


6 posted on 05/04/2023 2:31:44 PM PDT by stylin19a ("Artillery Brings Dignity to What Would Otherwise Be Just A Vulgar Brawl")
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To: nickcarraway

I know I’m living in a foreign country. It’s just click bait but still the aholes are coming out of the woodwork.


7 posted on 05/04/2023 2:35:24 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: nickcarraway
If they maneuver themselves into your personal air-flow space....that's on them.
8 posted on 05/04/2023 2:35:34 PM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: nickcarraway

airplane seats don’t recline enough to really bother me. Moreover, I just then recline mine.

Its called “not being a snowflake.”


9 posted on 05/04/2023 2:35:58 PM PDT by PGR88
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I haven’t flown for at least 15 years, but I never did expect perfect comfort. Flying was something to endure until I could get off the plane. People reclining their seats was not a big deal, but rotten little kids kicking the back of my seat was something I could do without.


10 posted on 05/04/2023 2:44:48 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: nickcarraway

I hate when people put their hands on the back of their seat and cover my TV. But it’s nothing a bead of mayonnaise doesn’t fix.


11 posted on 05/04/2023 2:45:06 PM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I liked flying, so I could read with mostly no interruptions.


12 posted on 05/04/2023 2:46:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I am on business travel today. I thought of that on the flight out to my work location. Some “person” decided he had to put his head in my lap - i also had a hot cup of coffee - I don’t think he realized how precarious the situation actually was.


13 posted on 05/04/2023 2:46:29 PM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: PGR88

airplane seats don’t recline enough to really bother me.
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You obviously never needed to use a laptop on a plane....


14 posted on 05/04/2023 2:46:32 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: nickcarraway
I checked with the esteemed lawyer Jackie Chiles about this very problem and he said: "there's gonna a problem for them, there's a clear violation of your rights as a consumer, it's an infringement on your constitutional rights, it's outrageous egregious preposterous!
15 posted on 05/04/2023 2:47:06 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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If the seat is designed to recline then that space belongs to the person in that seat. Your space is behind you, recline yours if you want to claim it. It’s unbelievable to me that some jerks think they should be able to prevent the person in front of them from using the seat they paid for. They need to get a life.


16 posted on 05/04/2023 2:49:37 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: nickcarraway

The only way to fix this is for Joe to have an executive order forcing airlines to give enough leg room to stretch completely out and lie flat if need be to sleep.

It’s the only way.


17 posted on 05/04/2023 2:50:22 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: nickcarraway
In the immortal words of the late Rodney King:

"Can't we all get along?"

18 posted on 05/04/2023 2:50:22 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
"Can't we all get along?"

No. We can't.

This thread demonstrates it.

19 posted on 05/04/2023 2:51:38 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: nickcarraway

F’ air travel.. and F’ TSA, after years of travel all over the world and nearly a million miles on then Northwest alone not to mention all the other airlines and the thousands of hours in military aircraft I quit flying in 2012. I would have taken military Space A but not in today’s military.

I’d rather walk across America then fly and with all the delays and azzholes you deal with it might not be quicker but far more relaxing.


20 posted on 05/04/2023 2:51:42 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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